Case: 21-1652 Document: 50 Page: 1 Filed: 03/11/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

NATHAN SOMMERS, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2021-1652 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:14-cv-00690-RAH, Judge Richard A. Hertling. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN B. WELLS, Law Office of John B. Wells, Slidell, LA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

DOUGLAS GLENN EDELSCHICK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., DOUGLAS K. MICKLE; JESSICA BROOKE COLSIA, FREDERICK RUDESHEIM, Litigation Division, United States Army Legal Services Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA. ______________________ Case: 21-1652 Document: 50 Page: 2 Filed: 03/11/2022

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, BRYSON, and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 11, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court